Indonesia Masters badminton: PV Sindhu into quarter-finals

PV Sindhu came back with a notable effort. And fought the quarterfinal of the women's singles event at the Indonesia Masters badminton 2021 in Bali on Thursday.

The Indian badminton ace, seeded third, beat Spain's Clara Azurmendi 17-21, 21-7, 21-12 in the second round.

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PV Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist, will now take on Turkey's Neslihan Yigit for a place in the semis.

The 2014 Indonesia Masters winner HS Prannoy sustained his position by beating Tokyo 2020 gold-medallist Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 14-21, 21-19, 21-16.

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He will now face compatriot and former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth in the quarter-finals.

Srikanth also came from a game down to beat 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Jonatan Christie of Indonesia 13-21, 21-18, 21-15 in the men's singles.

Meanwhile, promising youngster Lakshya Sen was knocked out of the Indonesia Masters after he fell to top seed Kento Momota of Japan 21-13, 21-19.

In the mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy also bowed out after losing 15-21, 23-21, 18-21 to Thai team Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran.

The Indian pair had beaten second seeds. And home favourites Praveen Jordan and Melati Oktavianti in the previous round but could not sustain that winning run despite a tough fight.

N Sikki Reddy also bowed out of the women's doubles alongside two-time Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa. She defeated as the pair went down 21-18, 21-12 to Thai third seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.